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| Handset charges Their handset charges were/are crazy. Who would pay $200+ on average for a handset that was just a messaging phone? It wasn't a smart phone at all. And they never really had any new phones.
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 |  RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | Re: Handset charges said by hottboiinnc:Their handset charges were/are crazy. Who would pay $200+ on average for a handset that was just a messaging phone? It wasn't a smart phone at all. And they never really had any new phones. My sister-in-law.... 
.. more than twice x 2
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| patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | said by hottboiinnc:Their handset charges were/are crazy. Who would pay $200+ on average for a handset that was just a messaging phone? It wasn't a smart phone at all. And they never really had any new phones. The cutting edge "south korean" phones that were promised somehow never materialized. Where was my 10 MP camera phone with a microdrive (flash still expensive) in 2006 ? | |
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 WiFiguruTo infinity... and beyondPremium
join:2005-06-21
Los Gatos, CA | Helio Helio...at the time their model was decent, but they really went to the slumps.
I still miss Amp'd mobile though... | |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | I am not a Helio customer.. but... .... There is one thing these companies should NOT be allowed to do...
If Virgin purchased Helios which in turn was purchased by Sprint... Sprint should be required to allow the existing handsets to continue to operate on their network and NOT force the customer into new handsets...
Sprint was the MNVO provider to Helios in the first place.. there is no reason for them to require a new handset. I see this as purchasing liability in all other forms... existing customers handsets should be just another liability..
.. Nice way to grab more revenue and new contracts, there, Sprint! .. hopefully that offsets your acquisition costs. The bad thing about Sprint doing this... it's only going to make all those customers think about "which carrier" they want to start new service with.. to Helios customers, Sprint now becomes just another option. | |
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| Re: I am not a Helio customer.. but... LOL. where have you been? this goes on all the time. VZW will be doing this to Alltel customers in the mergered markets. And every other company does it as well. its to get rid of the "old dead names" to the actual "real" brands. Plus Helio was never marketed like Sprint is.
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| | fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | Re: I am not a Helio customer.. but... "lol"
What is your point, sometimes, with following my posts... seriously.. what's your point.. "where have you been"... 
My opinion hasn't changed.. it's always been the same.. I'm sorry.. I can't even reply to your post becuase there's nothing to reply to. | |
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| | |  AVDRespice, Adspice, ProspicePremium
join:2003-02-06
Onion, NJ | Re: I am not a Helio customer.. but... Sprint was real good to Nextel owners. But it was a "merger of equals" and not an acquisition.
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| i don't have any issues. but my point? nothing is never going to change, its a fact of business. when a company buys another regardless on how it works if their is equipment involved the new company usually makes you change to THEIR equipment. WHY? they know how it works, they suppor it and they don't have to support something only a had few of people may have. Especially with Helio.
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| | | I completely agree. Sprint is on the verge of pissing me off so badly that I will boycott their products forever if they discontinue my Ocean 2 service. It is all a scam to get me to buy a new effing phone. I don't understand why I cannot convert my post paid service to a prepaid plan, or continue using my handset with a new plan. I DO NOT like any other phone! I went to Radio Shack to look at the Sprint phones and though many would claim the Ocean 2 was dated from the time it left the box, I am at a loss to find any phone that can even compare!!! I got my Ocean and Ocean 2 FREE. I have over a year and a half left on my contract, but I am supposed to shell out mega bucks if I am to buy a phone that can even do HALF the stuff I already do on a regular basis. A 50 buck credit gets you Buckiss!! Couldn't Sprint let me keep my Ocean 2 in service on the network it ALREADY uses, and let me buy a new phone when I am ready? No they have to force me to buy something, and not only that force me to recommit to another 2 year contract. KUDOS TO YOU SPRINT, THIS ATTEMPT AT EXTORTION is going to alienate a good part of the customers YOU ALREADY HAVE! I could see you offering to let people switch as a courtesy, but forcing people to abandon our perfectly good functioning phones, is at the very least an environmentally irresponsible slap in the face. I cannot say in polite company what I really think of this, so I will tone it down and sign out with: YOU SUCK SPRINT! | |
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join:2009-11-23 | Is there anything ELN touched That hasn't turned to "S"? | |
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|  boethiusBoo-YahPremium
join:2002-01-28
Winters, CA | Re: Is there anything ELN touched said by Z80A:That hasn't turned to "S"? More like ELNK post-Mindspring/post-Sprint merger.
I had a close friend that worked for ELNK when it was still independent and based here in California and it was a good company to work for - and still provided the excellent service it had a reputation for in its early days.
When Sky Dayton and Garry Betty ran ELNK it was a solid company. | |
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| |  sivranBack to Opera againPremium
join:2003-09-15
Arlington, TX
kudos:1 | Re: Is there anything ELN touched It was also a good ISP back then. | |
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| | just one more gone How many more like them will die like this. | |
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|  johnny_tPremium
join:2004-03-21
Palo Alto, CA | Re: just one more gone Is this even ''News''? they've been dead for a while. | |
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 EricthornIt only hurts when I laughPremium
join:2001-08-10
Paragould, AR
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| This blows I love my Helio Ocean 2.. and I just got finished with 15 months of payments and my down (yea, bad credit) to 5 free months of use.. if those f*cks make me buy a new pos smart phone I will revolt back to Virgin's prepaid tier or become and iPhone fan idiot.. f*ck I hate wireless here.. sorry ass US of A...
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| Re: This blows You won't have a choice. You either keep your contract by moving over or Sprint will force you.
And you don't want a POS Smart Phone then why get an Apple? Why not get a Google phone?
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| | EricthornIt only hurts when I laughPremium
join:2001-08-10
Paragould, AR | Re: This blows I actually just saw the HTC Hero with Android.. but the HTC Touch Pro 2 is calling my name... | |
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| | | | | Re: This blows The Android based Hero has been out for a while now,
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join:2008-12-01
Santa Maria, CA | Forgot Helio Existed LOL always wanted one of those | |
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 ilikemeI live in a van down by the river.Premium
join:2002-08-27
Denton, TX
kudos:1 | Thought they were already gone I thought Helio already had died 1-2 years ago. I didn't know they were still around. | |
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 MadnessLike a flea circus at a dog show
join:2000-01-05
Quincy, MA
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| ?????? May 25th? You do know it's only March 3rd, right? The article's title indicates a past tense. Did he steal a time machine, jump ahead to May 26th to see the outcome, but forget that he jumped back before posting? 
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| | Wait... 86,000 customers? Really? Still? With all the choices that exist these days, their response was to stick with a severely outdated phone from a non-existent company tied to disinterested partners? Really? Really?
Perhaps some of them will upgrade to a nice shiny new RAZR. | |
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